So I was hearing about the Rio De Janeiro shooting this morning, and then finding out that, here in the USA, a school in Indiana, Martinsville Middle School, was put on lockdown, for nearly an hour (estimated) because a faculty member saw a teen whom she believed was not a student, and who may have been tied to the shooting that happened there a week ago. Here is the link for you if you'd like to read it.

[link to www.indystar.com]

Now what I want to know is:

1. What the hell is going on with people targeting kids??!

2. What are the schools doing to prevent these situations from happening?

3. Why didn't the school send texts, phone alerts to the parents and tell them that the school is on lockdown? Instead of having to find out on the radio that your kid may be dead. One of the school board members told an interviewer that the texts weren't sent out because the incident was under investigation. The fact that they withheld the information from the parents should be grounds for investigation as well. Parents have a right to know when a lockdown happens.